21Aug
21Aug
$39b Nigerian infrastructure company gets green light
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has received approval to create an infrastructure development company that would finance the revamp of critical transport infrastructure throughout the country.
The company would leverage local and international funding, and would be co-owned by the CBN, African Finance...
13Aug
DHL’s Saloodo! partners AfricaPLC to grow intra-African and global trade
Saloodo! will be the first logistics partner to provide digital road freight solutions on the AfricaPLC e-trade marketplace
AfricaPLC assists to digitize African SMEs, so they can participate in and support the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) The partnership expects to expand...
01Aug
Ai Supports African Infrastructure Investment Trusts Initiative
A defined solution to the infrastructure financing gap – Infrastructure Investment Trusts (IIT)
Africa investor (Ai) partners African Capital Market leaders and the Global Listed Infrastructure Organisation (GLIO) on Africa's first Infrastructure Investment Trusts (IIT) initiative - as recommended in the recent
30Jul
China’s Infrastructure-Heavy Model for African Growth Is Failing
In Ethiopia and Kenya, the attractive illusion of the “China model” has had grave financial consequences.
The strategy of “infrastructure-led growth” (growth, not economic and social development) seems to be showing its limits in Africa, where China has largely been instrumental in promoting it. This...
15May
